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Osteoarthritis hand

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Burden-over-time charts — how many people this disease affects and whether that number is rising or falling — are coming to this page. The treatability read, milestones, and live trial pipeline below are current.

Milestones

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199020002010202020251991 — Nabumetone approved (FDA)1991 — Etodolac approved (FDA)1992 — Amlodipine approved (FDA)1992 — Oxaprozin approved (FDA)1998 — Celecoxib approved (FDA)2000 — Meloxicam approved (FDA)2001 — Valdecoxib approved (FDA)2001 — Esomeprazole approved (FDA)2008 — Menthol approved (FDA)2009 — Capsaicin approved (FDA)
1991: Drug approval — Nabumetone approved (FDA). 1991: Drug approval — Etodolac approved (FDA). 1992: Drug approval — Amlodipine approved (FDA). 1992: Drug approval — Oxaprozin approved (FDA). 1998: Drug approval — Celecoxib approved (FDA). 2000: Drug approval — Meloxicam approved (FDA). 2001: Drug approval — Valdecoxib approved (FDA). 2001: Drug approval — Esomeprazole approved (FDA). 2008: Drug approval — Menthol approved (FDA). 2009: Drug approval — Capsaicin approved (FDA)

What's being tested now

2004: 1 trials started2007: 3 trials started2009: 1 trials started2010: 2 trials started2011: 1 trials started2012: 3 trials started2013: 3 trials started2014: 2 trials started2015: 8 trials started2016: 7 trials started2017: 11 trials started2018: 7 trials started2019: 17 trials started2020: 18 trials started2021: 45 trials started2022: 53 trials started2023: 79 trials started2024: 155 trials started2025: 249 trials started2026: 247 trials started201020202026249

Trials started per year, stacked by phase (darker = later phase). Source: ClinicalTrials.gov via Clin2, which tracks studies recruiting in recent years — early years undercount.

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Related

Burden estimates: IHME Global Burden of Disease Study. Drug indications: ChEMBL (CC BY-SA). Trial data: ClinicalTrials.gov via Clin2. Velocity, acceleration, and turning points are computed by Clin2 — how this page is made. Treatability describes what medicine can do, not what is available everywhere. This page describes populations, not people, and is not medical advice.